Don Gordon Bell

- Korean War adoptee, former US Marine

- Lived in the Philippines between mid-Seventies and mid-Eighties

- Interviewed by me in 2008 and in 2013 for The Search For Weng Weng (2013) and book (2017), and in 2016 for The Most Beautiful Creatures On The Skin Of The Earth (2019)

"Pigs In Space" circa 1985 (left to right): Steve Rogers, Nick Nicholson, Don Gordon Bell, Henry Strzalkowski

- Currently [as of August 2018] living in Manila

- MUCH more info to come!

As a radio operator in Apocalypse Now (dir. Francis Ford Coppola, filmed 1977, released 1979)

 

On the set of Cirio H. Santiago's episode of the TV series Ito Ang Lahing Pilipino (1977)

As a fake monk (right) - credited as "Don Bell" - in They Call Her...Cleopatra Wong (dir. "George Richardson"/Bobby A. Suarez, 1978)

 

On the set of Cleopatra Wong

Uncredited as one of Mike Cohen's goons in Sabotage 2 (dir. Efren C. Pinon, 1979)

As Duigan's henchman - credited as "Don Gordon" - in They Call Him Bruce Lee (dir. Francis "Jun" Posadas, 1979)

 

As Miguel's henchman - credited as Don Gordon - in Bruce's Fist Of Vengeance (dir. Bill James, 1980)

As one of Eric's Gladiators (back, left) in Firecracker/Naked Fist (dir. Cirio H. Santiago, 1981)

In Enter The Ninja (dir. Menahem Golan, 1981)

As His Royal Highness Abdul - credited as "Don Gordon" - in Pleasure Island (dir. Michel Ricaud, 1981)

 

 

In a dual role as the resurrected corpse of Musashi - credited as "Don Gordon" - and uncredited as one of Speer's hoods, in Raw Force (dir. Edward D. Murphy, 1982)

On the set of Intrusion: Cambodia (dir. Jun Gallardo, 1983)

On the set of Rescue Team (dir. "John Gale"/Jun Gallardo, 1983)

As Tom Murphy - credited as "Don Gordon" - in Mad Dog (dir. "John Gale"/Jun Gallardo, 1983)

In Final Mission (dir. Cirio H. Santiago, 1984)

On the set of Purple Hearts (dir. Sidney J. Furie, 1984)

As one of Giant Bill's henchmen - credited as "Don Gordon" - in Searchers Of The Voodoo Mountain/Warriors Of The Apocalypse (dir. Bobby A. Suarez, 1985)

With Michael James on the set of Searchers Of The Voodoo Mountain

As Tiger in American Commandos/Hitman (dir. Bobby A. Suarez, 1985)

 

 

On the set of Wheels Of Fire (dir. Cirio H. Santiago, 1985)

 In Warbus (dir. Ferdinando Baldi, 1985)